Boyle, after he met with Tortorella and Mike Sullivan after a game in 2009, told a Tampa Bay paper “As I was telling him the other day, we had a lot of ups and downs, a lot of battles. But at the end of the day we both have respect for each other.”

Adam Rotter: I don’t know if Dan Boyle is the answer to the Rangers defense/power play issues. He certainly provides them with a proper PP QB, logs a lot of minutes and has a history with John Tortorella. If he was a pending UFA I think it would be more of a certain move to make for the Rangers, but with him signed for next season at $6.6 million it’s a much tougher decision. The price to get him out of SJ needs to be determined and that may be the biggest issue with finding a match between the two teams.